sewhite2000 Posted August 26, 2018 Share Posted August 26, 2018 I put "original" in quotes, because you could go back to the 1936 Bing Crosby movie with a completely different plot for the first use of the title, but I discovered tonight that three years before the Steve Martin movie, Pennies from Heaven was a six-part BBC mini-series starring Bob Hoskins! Has anyone seen it, and if so, how does it compare? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EricJ Posted August 26, 2018 Share Posted August 26, 2018 1 hour ago, sewhite2000 said: I put "original" in quotes, because you could go back to the 1936 Bing Crosby movie with a completely different plot for the first use of the title, but I discovered tonight that three years before the Steve Martin movie, Pennies from Heaven was a six-part BBC mini-series starring Bob Hoskins! Has anyone seen it, and if so, how does it compare? In case you're wondering, The Singing Detective was also a six-part BBC miniseries before Robert Downey Jr.-- But either way, Dennis Potter symbolic-deconstruction is not exactly the easiest thing to sit through--The Pennies miniseries just wasn't as cheery, toe-tapping and feel-good as the Steve Martin version. ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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